Comahuesaurus

Comahuesaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian–Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Family: Rebbachisauridae
Genus: Comahuesaurus
José L. Carballido et al., 2012
Species:  C. windhauseni
Binomial name
Comahuesaurus windhauseni
José L. Carballido et al., 2012

Comahuesaurus is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur of the family Rebbachisauridae. It was found in the Lohan Cura Formation, in Argentina and lived during the Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian. The type species is C. windhauseni, named by José L. Carballido, Leonardo Salgado, Diego Pol, José I. Canudo, Alberto C Garrido in 2012.[1]

References

  1. Carballido, José Luis; Salgado, Leonardo; Pol, Diego; Canudo, José Ignacio; Garrido, Alberto (2012). "A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group". Historical Biology 24 (6): 631–654. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.672416.


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